Girls' name · since 1956
Liba
1,051 babies named Liba in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,256 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,590 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,051
- born since 1956
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Liba is the #2590 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,051 recorded since 1956.
Liba has 1,051 recorded births among girls since 1956, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2590 as of the latest data, more common than 85% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2025.
- #7,256 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,590 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,051 born since 1956
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Liba ranks #7,256 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,590 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,051 born since 1956, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,256 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,590 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,051
- born since 1956
- 2010s
- peak decade
Liba's 1,051 recorded births place it above 89.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Liba compares
1,051 Top 31% higher than 69% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Liba's all-time total is 180% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Liba | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,051 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 67 | 21 | 19,840 |
Liba's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Liba splits its recorded history at 2002: 80% of all births land in the more recent half, 20% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 67 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Liba popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 67
- Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
Liba by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (356 births, 34% of the file).
2010s was Liba's strongest decade.
356 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Liba births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s 66
1980s
66 births
- 1990s 104
1990s
104 births
- 2000s
2000s
183 births
- 2010s
2010s
356 births
- 2020s
2020s
323 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 356 births (34% of all-time use).
How Liba compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Liba's total volume
Liba by state
Where Liba concentrates geographically, total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 739 | 70.3% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 87 | 8.3% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.5% |
739 of 1,051 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Liba's data
- Liba's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (356 total births) through the 2020s (323) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Libas (739 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Liba: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~69 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1956–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Liba draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.